Students' creations in spotlight at Casa Romantica art show

San Clemente High School senior Lexi Kookootsedes is displaying her art at Casa Romantica in San Clemente. This piece aims to show the duality of a street occupied by corporate businesses and a street occupied by small businesses.ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER

San Clemente's Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens opened its 10th annual Student Art Showcase on Thursday night to a crowd of local students and their families.

The exhibit features more than 200 works of ceramics, painting, drawing and photography by students of San Clemente High School, Shorecliffs Middle School and Bernice Ayer Middle School. It runs through April 28.

San Clemente High School senior Lexi Kookootsedes is displaying her art at Casa Romantica in San Clemente. This piece aims to show the duality of a street occupied by corporate businesses and a street occupied by small businesses. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER
San Clemente High School senior Breena Shoaf created an acrylic paint, charcoal and graphite depiction of members of rock band Pierce the Veil. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER
Steven Contreras, a senior at San Clemente High School, displays his work at Casa Romantica in San Clemente during its student art exhibition. He created this stipled drawing of a tiger. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER
Attending the opening of Casa Romantica's Student Art Showcase on Thursday are Shorecliffs Middle School sixth-grader Marisa Salvini and her mom, Kelly. Marisa created a crayon etching of a tiger. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER
San Clemente High School seniors Travis Fry, Brock Eissman, Dominick La Bella and Shane Elias-Calles, from left, arrived at Casa Romantica's student art exhibit right after their baseball game Thursday. The four made clay pieces. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER
Will Cox, a San Clemente High School senior, took first place in ceramics for a piece titled "Bird Totem" in the student art exhibit at Casa Romantica in San Clemente. His piece is an interpretation of French surrealist sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle's work. Cox created the piece during the winter break. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER
San Clemente High School senior Hollie Richards displays her photographic art piece of a church in San Juan Capistrano across from the mission. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER
Sydney Fuertes, a San Clemente High School senior, stands next to a display case containing her ceramic buffalo at Casa Romantica's student art exhibit. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER
Shorecliffs Middle School sixth-grader Lilly Hubbard displays her crayon etching of a unicorn. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER
Shorecliffs Middle School eighth-grader Justin Vas displays his charcoal art piece titled "Pewdie Pie is Awesome" at Casa Romantica in San Clemente. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER
Bernice Ayer Middle School seventh-graders Peyton Lee, left, and Anna Schwartz show their "scratch art" pieces in the student art exhibition at Casa Romantica in San Clemente. Lee created a bunny, Schwartz a boxer dog. ARMANDO BROWN, FOR THE REGISTER

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